The New York Times’ Connections game continues to attract puzzle enthusiasts with its daily challenge of finding common threads between words. Today’s puzzle, numbered #1171, offers a particularly accessible experience for those with knowledge of classic cinema. Players have 16 words to organize into four distinct categories, with each successful grouping removing those words from the board.
For those seeking guidance without immediate answers, today’s categories include surface-level descriptors, science fiction concepts that defy reality, Stephen King film adaptations prefaced with “The,” and ice cream-related phrases. The color-coded difficulty system ranks yellow as easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple as the most challenging grouping.
The complete solutions for today’s puzzle reveal surface-level synonyms as cosmetic, one-dimensional, skin-deep, and superficial. Science fiction phenomena include hyperspace, parallel universe, teleportation, and time warp. Stephen King adaptations feature the green mile, long walk, running man, and Shawshank redemption. The final category, phrases ending in ice cream orders, comprises harlem shake, inside scoop, lickety-split, and traffic cone.
Like its counterpart Wordle, Connections resets daily and allows players to share their results on social media. The puzzle remains accessible on both web browsers and mobile devices for gaming convenience.
Originally reported by Mashable →
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